Why Does Natural Selection Favor Flexibility in Behavior

question 18

Multiple Choice

Why does natural selection favor flexibility in behavior?

• A) Species evolve in highly changing environments.
• B) Animals should be able to behave randomly to keep predators guessing about their behavior.
• C) Animals should behave in highly flexible ways so that they increase the chance of emitting the best behavior in the environmental situation.
• D) Both a and b.

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